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(No-Model.) A, J. H. HENDRICK 8v J. P. KELLY.

VELOGIPEDB.

No. 539,899. `999911999 Mw 2,8-, 1895.

Jig-1 dUNrrEE STATES PATENT @mirent SETTS, ASSIGNORS TO THE WAR PANY, OFSAME PLACE.

WICK CYCLE MANUFACTURING COM- VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No'. 539,899, dated May 28,189,5.

' Application filed June 6, 1893. Serial No. 476 ,798. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that we, JOEL H. HENDEICK and JAEvIs P. KELLY, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Springfield, in the county ofHampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and 'usefulImprovements in Velociped'es, of which the following is a specification.f

This invention relates to bicycles, the object being to improve thedetails of construclion of certain parts thereof all as hereinafterfully described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a frontelevation of the bicycle-head, showing a portion of the handle-armsthereof and of the forks having applied thereto improved `means forattaching the brake-lever and the brake-rod to the machine constructedaccording to our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe partsillustrated in Fig. l, showing, however, in addi.- tion to what is thereillustrated a section of a wheel-tire and the upper end of a mudguardattached near the fork-crown. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3,Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating handle-arm clampingdevices, to be below described. Fig.

5 is a perspective view of the brake-rod,

sleeve-bolt, or hanger. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the fork-crown.Fig. 7is a longitudinal section of the fork-crown and of portions of theforks and the lower end ot' the head.

The object of this invention is to provide improved attachments forconnecting the brake-lever and brake-rod to the handle-bar and to 'thef0rk-crown of the machine, to thev end that the said lever and rod maybe rein the said drop-forging. After forging said part the said body, 2,is properly bored through, vertically, to receive the lower end ot' theinner tube, d, of the bicycle head, B, a section of which tube is shownin Fig. '7, and in dotted lines in Fig. 6, said lower end of the tube,d, being suitably brazed, or otherwise rigidly attached to thefork-crown. The said horizontal arms, 3, of the fork-crown are boredlongitudinally, as shown in Figs. 2, 6, and 7, to remove the surplusstock from the interior and lighten this portionof the machine, and theopening so produced in said arms, 3, extends transversely. through theend of said tube, d, within the fork-crown, as shown in Fig. 7, therebyproviding means on the machine for inserting a carrying-rod through thecrown of the fork which'may extend laterally from the machine, inopposite directions, thereby providing convenient means for attachinglight articles that it may be desirable to carry thereon. The forks, 5,are brazed or otherwise rigidly connected with the saidfork-stubs, 4, onthe fork-crown. The handle-bars, 6, are secured to the upper extremityof said inner tube, d, in the usual way.

A sleeve-bolt, 7, having a sleeve, 8, on its forward end is secured inthe fork-crownLA, as shown in Fig. 2, with its axis at right angles tothe length of the bolt. The shank of said bolt passes transverselythrough holes which are shown as formed across saidV forkcrown from thefront to the rear side thereof and somewhat below the axis of the arms,3, of said crown, so as not to interfere with said open passage throughsaid arms and crown. The said sleeve, 8, therefore, occupies a positionvertically axial and in advance of the front side of said crown whichadapts it to receive the lower end of the brake-rod, 9,.

which has the requisite sliding movement in said sleeve, the usualbrake-shoe, l0, being secured to the lower end of said rod in proximityto the rim of the wheel,"12, of the machine. The said brake-rod has noother connection with the head of the machine than that afforded by said'sleeve-bolt at its lower end,where the greatest strain comes when thebrake is applied to the wheel. The upper-ex- IOO tremity of saidbrake-rod has a pivotal connection, as shown, with the end of thebrakelever, K. The said brake-lever is pivotally hung to the handle-bar,6, by means of a clip, 13, formed of two hinged sections as shown inFigs. 1 and 3, or having interlocking ends, as shown by the parts, 14,14, Fig. 4:. The two members of said clamp fit tightly around thehandle-bar and are prevented from slipping from their adjusted positionthereon by a short stud, 15, which enters a perforation in said bar. Abolt, 16, passes through the lower ear lugs of said clamp members, asillustrated in Fig. 3, and through a washer, 17, and through saidbrake-lever, and constitutes a pivot, on which the latter swings, foroperating the brake-rod in the usual way, and a nut, c, on theoutside'of said lever retains the lat- 1er in place on said bolt.

The above described means for attaching the brake-lever,'K, to thehandle-bar, and for attaching the lower end of the brake-rod to thefork-crown, provide improved means for hanging said brake devices on themachine, whereby the dismounting of said devices from the latter isgreatly facilitated, and is accomplished as follows: The nut on theextremity p of the bolt, 7, at the rear side of theforkcrown, is removedand said bolt is withdrawn from the fork-crown without detaching thebolt from the lower end of the brake-rod; and then the nut, v, isremoved from the end of the bolt, 16, of the handle-bar-clamp, 13, andthe brakelever is then free to come offefrom said bolt and thedismounting of said brake parts is fully accomplished without thedisturbance or derangement of any other part of the machine. It isobvious that when said nut, c, is removed frompthe bolt, 16, the lattermay be withdrawn from the lower ends of the said clamp members and theentire clamp be then taken off from the handle-bar. Thus the dismountingof said brake-lever,

brake-rod, and brake, from the machine, and its remounting thereon, aregreatly facilitated. The said sleevebolt, which is secured to thefork-crown, as above described, has a shank of sufficientlength toprovide means whereby the upper end of a mud-guard, tu, for the wheel ofthe machine may be secured properly on the machine, the rear extremityof said bolt passing through Ithe upper end of said guard and beingsecured on the shank, 7, thereof by the same nut thereon which securesthe bolt to the fork-crown.

What we claim as our invention is- 1. 1n a bicycle, a fork crown havingintermediate'between its ends the horizontal transverse hole, abola-having a sleeve at its forward end which is placed with its axistransverse to the length of the bolt, and screwthreaded at its rearextremity, passed through the perforated crown, receiving on its rearend the confining nut, in combination with the brake-rod guided for itsreciprocatory movement through the said sleeve, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a bicycle, the combination with the fork crown havingintermediately between its ends the horizontal transverse hole, of abolt, 7,-having the sleeve, 8, at its forward end, and screw-threaded atis rear extremity,- passed through the perforated crown, the mud-guardhaving an upper portion thereof set over the rearwardly protruding endof said bolt, a nut for confining said bolt to the crown and forconfining said mud-guard upon said protruding end of the bolt-,and thebrake-rod playing vertically through the sleeve, substantially asdescribed.

JOEL H. HENDRICK. J ARVIS P. KELLY. Vitnesses:

H. A. CHAPIN, K. I. OLEMoNs.

